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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 28, 2003El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2003, 5:34 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2003, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2003, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 164 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 434 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KPUB 282334
SVRPUB
COC041-290030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
532 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 532 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF MONUMENT...OR ABOUT 17
  MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED WILL BE...
  MONUMENT...PALMER LAKE...AROUND 615 PM MDT     
  AIR FORCE ACADEMY AROUND 630 PM MDT

AT 530 PM MDT A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOTTER SAW 59 MPH WINDS 
ALONG THE DOUGLAS EL PASO COUNTY LINE NORTHEAST OF MONUMENT 

AT THIS TIME THE MOST LIKELY KIND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS HAIL AROUND
ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND DAMAGING WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. GET INDOORS
AND IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE
BEST PROTECTION.

HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DRAINAGE DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS WATER-COVERED ROADS
BECAUSE THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN PUEBLO.

LAT...LON 3912 10457 3913 10495 3904 10499 3883 10499

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.